Permanent hair waver



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Mar. 6, 1923.

1,447,886 S. S. RAND PERMANENT HAIR WAVER Filed Aug. 10, 1920 4 sheets-sheet 2 Mar. 6, 1923. 1,447,886

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31 Sidney Rand 515; M Show MM Mar. 6, 1923.

S S. RAND PERMANENT HAIR WAVER Filed Aug. 10 1920 4 sheets-sheet 4 Patented Mar. 6, 1923.

PATENT OFFICE.

SIDNEY S. RAND, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PERMANENT HAIR WAVER.

Application filed August X0, 1920. Serial No. 402,544.

To allwlwmit may concern:

B it known that I, SIDNEY S. RAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and 6 State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Permanent Hair Wavers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to permanent hair wavers, and particularly to permanent hair wavers which are operated by electricity.

The objects of the invention are to provide improved means for supporting heating elements; to avoid cutting the flexible support for said heatin elements; to provide imr'oved means or pluggin in or connect mg the heatin elements with the source of electrical supp y; to render the device economical of construction, strong and attractive; to obtain a construction which complies with the underwriters requirements; to secure simplicit of construction and operation and to o tain other advantages and results as may be brought out in the followingziescription.

ferrin to the accompanying drawings, so in which li re numerals of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a permanent hair waving device constructed in accordance with my invention;

Figure 2 is a vertical central section of a portion of the upper part thereof;

Figure 3 is a plan view of a portion of Fi 2;

Figure 4 is a central vertical section of tlie rece tacle member, showing one of the rece tac es in section;

Figure 5 is a plan view of said receptacle member;

Figure 6 is a'perspcctive view of a portion of the receptacle supporting device removed from said member;

Fi ure 7 is a plan view of a portion of a modi ed construction of receptacle member;

Figure 8 is a sectional view on line 88 60 of Fig. 7;

Figure 9 is a perspective view of one of the plugs adapted to cooperate ith a receptacle of said modified receptacle member;

Figure 10 is a diagrammatic view showing the wiring plan for said modified receptacle member;

Figure 11 is a plan view of a further modi fied construction of receptacle member;

Figure 12 is a longitudinal sectional view of Fig. 11 taken in the plane of the busbar; and

Figure 13 is a perspective view of the attacliment member for use in connection with the modified attachment member of Figs. 11 and 12.

In the specific embodiment of the invention illustrated in said drawings, and referring more particularl to Figures 16, the reference numeral 1 in icates the plurality of heatin elements supported by means of their flexible electrical wires 2. The other ends of the wire 2 carry attachment lugs 3 adapted to be inserted in receptac es 4 carried by a receptacle supporting member 5. The receptacle supporting member is in turn carried by a chandelier stem 6 suported from the outlet box 7 in the ceiling rom which the wires 8 are connected for supplying the electric current to the heaters. The wires 8 connect through the stem 6 to the rece tacle member 5 and are properly connecte with other wires 9 within said receptacle member, said wires 9 being attached to the receptacle and thereby conducting the current so it may pass to the flexible wires 2 and to the heating elements 1. As may be seen, the receptacles and plugs are on th upper side of the receptacle member 5 and the wires from the plugs extend upwardly therefrom and are connected b means of flexible supports, such as cor s 10 which pam over pulleys 11 and have weights 12 attached to their opposite ends by means of which the heating elements are counter balanced and will stay at whatever elevation they are put The pulleys 11, for convenience, are attached to a canopy 13 carried in a wnvenient manner from the chandelier stem. This canopy also supports a rin 14, as by arms 15, said ring having space rforations about its circumference througli which the flexible supports or cords 10 are adapted to pass thereby separating the weights 12 and preventing the cords from becomin entangled or interfering with the fiexib e wires 2. Preferably the perforations through the ring 14 have groinets 16 therein so as to provide a smooth surface orcr 'lllCll the flexible supports 10 will pass and thus ;l\'0l(.l cutting them or unnecessarily causing them to wear out W'hile I have more particularly described the invention as employing tubes 32, it is to be understood that other stiffening members may be employed, and by )j. F-" "l? I have shown a rod 33in Figure 1b. In that case lthe yvirenvhich the prc\-' ious case passed throi gh the tube, vvill n tlns ease be positioned adjiiccnt the rod and will pass through a hole 35 for that purpose Ill the The reoeptscle me ber f ns shown in F o'repurticp le rly, com prises a housiiig 37 prefersbly shaped as a cross witlg .jo ur, s nbstanti gl ly equal arms. 'lhe 6 iittirches to the housing iyhe' e the cross, 2ind each arm carries a p of receptacles 4. In the present d1sc,l said ,housinqfi'i is hollow a'nd,the upp r, ,wiaill ,thereof h iis appropriate holes therein for receiv ng the receptacles, At the housing and surrounding each .flreceptkb le 1s u c olla r 3S haying depending 3Q 'at its inner periphery. 'lo sa:d (le pindin'g esrsnre connected the arms 40 of g jol fy tl hicli underlies the receptacle and groin es means ior rigidly securing the reoatglcle in plaoe' jt bein unglerstood that Jlar is to t 1c ,l l0uSlng as by so ermg or o ieriyise, As may be seen in F gu gvthe receptacle hasa central screw u; cli.sc1 -eii 's into, the upper end of a. stud de'pendjn gjhroligh whole in said yoke a screw 45 the .o ntside ofithe housing ihsertedupwardly enters the lower end of the stud thereby retaining it and the receptaele in. place in the h0u$|ng n the disclosure being described, the receptacles .prefcrably employed are of the type which each receive the two w res rcpresehting opposite polarity and vitli which are used attachment-w plugs haviin two pr ongs, 'one for each. \\-'II'C. .\ll o[ he reccp cl sare connected in parallel and any oneof he, plngs may be inserted in any one of therec eptaciw. Furthermore. as shown in Figure I. each plug supplies two or. if necessary. more heating elements. 1' his beriepessiry in order to shorten the arms of tli ,:.-liousin; as much as possible and at the same, time fecd all ofithe heating elements. e natumllychnnsv dimensions of the receptacles requires considerable space f6; each. It nmy beadded, howeyeg that the .clirr eiits mgpluzil to two heating. elements isiiiorethnn one receptacle may safely carry under some conditions, and it therefore becomesdestirzible to obtain rneans for attaching element electrically indeps d ete -itt .e h i ssie s-e V.

In carrying out this feature of my invention, and referring to Figures 7 to 10, it will be observed that :i housin 46 of cross shape as before is provided. he upper side of [his housing is provided with parallel series of holes in which are carried individual receptacles 47 of a type requiring comparatively little space. By way of illustration the receptacles may consist of an outer tube or body 48 of insulator-y material within which is inserted a iiietal contact member 49 axially of said body and in turn tubuls at its upper end for receiving a split resilient prong 50 on the attachment lug 51. 'llhe electric wire is attached to said eontact her 4}) by a screw 52 inserted thro u h in appropriate hole in the side of the The attachment I plug is similarly con structed, providing a cylindrical insilhitbry body 5 within wh ch the wire, is 53 attuehed tothe contact member by 54. Each receptacle andeaeh plug stance represent :1 single pole, end ei'ably has only" a single wire oonnec thereto. 4 i., It is to be observed that the receptacla in this disclosure areal-ranged in two rows side by side, and in order bq add to the simplicity of the device, I arrange tliili; the receptacle next any other receptacle either crosswise or lengthwise of the rows, shall be of, opposite polarity to= the one. This is accomplished .by ,wirili' thereee'placlcs as diugrmmiiatically ustraited m Figure 10. As therein-shown the,ii. 'i and 5t; representing.opposite polirity gre diagonally crossed to the diax oxiztlly opposite receptacles so that every 0t er. one of the two rows are of the same polerityend the intermediate ones are of the other polarity.

The structure may bc further simplified, if .'-;u desired, as shown'in Figures 12 to 13, wherein the relerenceinumeral 57 desi hes an insnlatm'y body having a plurality of lvu'ti rs 51S arranged opposite each other in rows side by side. The bottom of the body ii? he longitudinally grooved as at 5 9 f r revolving luls bars (in, 60. one bus bgll un lcrlviin; each row of recesses 53;-." .Car. rieil lrv the bus bars are series of resilient uulllnul. members (H properly spacedso as to enter llurece ses in assembling the v ral parts. lmttom closure- 62 protects the bus hill" from short eircuiting through outside unilzutt and obviously the bus baIS may bo-atlachml to either the body or the closure as found most desirable,

The attachment plug 63 preferred for use in connection with this lust-describedmeoeptaclc. comprises an insulator body 64 from which depend attaching prongs 65. In the planeof said prongs, the body is preferably flattened so as to enable the plugs to be ar: ranged side b' side in ,the smallest gpeee practicable. 00 as to prevent inserting tp, prongs in consecutive holes of the Same row,

the prongs are preferably of the polarized type, that is, shaped in such manner that they cannot be inserted wrong. In the present instance this is shown accomplished by constructing them of T-shape in cross section and making the holes in the body of the receptacle also T-shaped in cross section at the top as at 66.

Obviously other detail modifications and changes may be made in the construction of my improved permanent hair waver, and I do not wish to be understood as restricting myself to the exact structures shown, except as set forth in the following claims when construed in the light of the prior art.

I claim 1. The combination of a receptacle member, a canopy, heating elements, said heating elements having flexible electrical connections extending therefrom to the receptacle member, and counterbalancing means carried from said canopy and adapted to counterbalance said heating elements so as to permit said elements to be raised or lowered and remain at the position where put.

2. The combination of a receptacle memher, a canopy, heating elements, said heating elements having flexible electrical connections extending therefrom to the receptacle member, attachment plugs on said flexible connections for attachment to said receptaole member, and counter-balancing means carried from said canopy and adapted to counterbalance said heating elements so as to permit said elements to be raised or lowered and remain at the position where put.

3. The combination of a receptacle member, a canopy, heating elements, attachment plugs in said receptacle member, a plurality of flexible electrical connections from each of said attachment plugs connecting with separate heating elements, and means carried from said canopy and adapted to counterbalance said heating elements so as to permit said elements to be raised or lowered and remain at the position where put.

4. The combination of a receptacle memher, a canopy, heating elements, said heating elements having flexible electrical connections comprising a pair of wires. sepa rate attachment plugs for each of said wires for attachment to said receptacle member, and counter-balancing means carried from said canopy and adapted to counterbalance said heating elements so as to permit said elements to be raised or lowered and remain at the position where put.

5. In a device of the character described, the combination of a receptacle member having a plurality of openings for receiving attachment plugs, hair curling heating ele ments, polarized attachment plugs in said re ceptacle member thereby necessitating roper insertion of said plugs in said memher, and flexible electrical connections from said attachment plugs to said heating elements.

6. In a device of the character described, th combination of a housing having a plurality of upwardly facing receptacles, means for supporting said housing, and heating elements adapted to be connected to said upwardlv facing receptacles.

7 In a device of the character described the combination of a canopy, a stem depending from said canopy, a receptacle housing carried by said stem, and a plurality of hair curling heat elements adapted to be connected with the receptacles of said housing.

8. The combination of a housing having cross arms with a plurality of receptacles therein, supporting means above said housing including a stem for supporting the housing, a plurality of heating elements and means carried by the canopy substantially above the arms of said housing for supporting the heating elements.

9. In a device of the character described, the combination of heating elements and means for supporting the same, of a. receptacle member comprising a housing, means for supporting said housing, and a plurality of receptacles in said housing connected in parallel so as to receive any one of the attachment plugs and complete the electrical connection to the heating elements.

10. In a device of the character described, the combination of heating elements and means for supporting th same, of a receptacle member comprising a housing having openings in its top for receptacles, a receptacle in each opening, a collar around each opening. said collar having depending ears, and a yoke connected to said ears for underlying and supporting the receptacle.

11. In a device of the character described, the combination of heating elements and means for supporting the same, of a receptacle member comprising a housing having openings in its top for receptacles, a receptacle in each opening, each receptacle having a single contact member, and a plurality of attachment plugs adapted to cooperate one with each receptacle.

12. In a device of the character described, the combination of heating elements and means for supporting the same. of a receptacle member comprising a housing having a series of openings arranged in rows side by side, receptacles arranged in each of said openings. and means electrically connecting diagonally opposite receptacles so as to retain longitudinally and transversely adja cent receptacles of opposite polarity.

13. In a device of the character described, the combination of heating elements and means for supporting the same, of a receptacle member comprising a body of insulatory material, said body having a plurality of recesses and grooves registering with longitudinal series of said fecsses, bus bids in of recesses and grooves registering with ldil 10 said grooves, and contagzt members carried gihdiflfll series of said recesses, bus bars iii by said bus bars and projecting into Said s lid grooves, contact members carried by said bus bars and projecting into said rerecesses. V

14. In a device of the character described, ces'ses, and polarized attachment plugs for the combination of heating elements and coofierating with said contact member. 15

means for siipporting the sa e, 0f a recep- In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

taele member comprisiiig a body of insulatory Inateriel, said body having a phiraIity SIDNEY S. BAND. 

